Safety deposit-box for home use.



E.'SEBRING & H. E. MURPHY. SAFETY DEPOSIT BOX FOR HOME USE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY II. 1917- 1 Q63fi 1 Q Patented Apr. 23,1918.

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SAFETY DEPOSlT BOX FOR HOME USE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 1:. 191?.

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SAFETY DEPOSIT-BOX FOR 1510MB USE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRED E. Sesame and HARRY E. MURPHY, both citizens of the United States, residing at Sebring, inv the county. of Mahoning and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Safety Deposit-Box for Home Use, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to safety deposit boxes, especially designed for home use.

The objects of the present invention are, first, to construct a simple safety deposit box, and one that can be made cheaply; second, to so construct the box that it will be practically dust proof and at the same time protect the contents to afgreat'extent from absolute destruction by fire in many instances; third, to form the index or division leaves of asbestos or other fire proof material.

These objects, together with other objects readily apparent to those skilled in the art, may be attained by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, although the invention may be embodied in other forms, the construction illustrated being chosen by way of example.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a perspective view showing the box open and all contents removed, except the sliding rod and its parts.

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2, Fig. 1 showing in addition to Fig. 1 an envelop and index or division leaves in proper position.

Fig. 3 is a section of the box without its contents on line 3-3, Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a top view showing a portion of the box andillustrating the smaller compartment. I

Fig. 5 is a section of one of the side members showing the preferred way of forming the groove.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged view showing a portion of one of the index or division leaves and its binding strip.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

The box proper is made up of the bottom 1, the sides 2, the back 3, the fixed cover portion 4, hinged cover 5, front 11d 6 and the partition 7 These various parts constitute the box as a unit. For the purpose of fire protection the various parts of the box are made of sheet metal of h proper Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed July 11, 1917. Serial No. 179,812.

gage, and the exposed edges and ends of the sides and partition of the box are provided with the grooves 8 which are preferably formed as shown in Fig. 5, but the particuvenient and well known manner, which eye bolts are for the purpose of carrying-and guiding the sliding rod 13, to which sliding rod are attached the openable clip rings or binder hinges 14. To the binder hinges 14 are attached or strung the index or division leaves 15 which are for the purpose of fire protection formed of asbestos or like material and for the purpose of protection against wear or injury, the edges ofsaid index or division leaves are bound with the metal strips 16. In use the proper number of index leaves 15 are strung upon the hinges l4 and when the parts are in their normal position or what might be termed the box is in its closed position, the sliding rod 13 is located in such a position that the box proper can be closed.

When it is desired to remove any letter, memorandum or other paper located between the index leaves the top cover 5 and the front cover 6 are brought into the position illustrated in Fig. 1, after which the sliding rod 13 can be moved endwise, thereby bringing the index leaves 15 forward and their rear portions from under the fixed plate or cover 4, after which, and when in this position the various leaves are free to be turned upon their hinged connection. It will be understood that the outward movement of the rod 13, together with the index leaves 15 and their contents will be limited by reason of the fact that the forward openable hinge 14, which like the rear hinge is securely attached to the rod 13, will strike one of the eye-bolts 12.

For the purpose of providing a device of the character described in which bonds, deeds and the like can be placed, the smaller compartment is provided, which compartmeet is in this instance to the right of the division 7 and in which compartment may be placed an asbestos Container 17 preferably of the bellows type, said container being made of asbestos or other fire proof material. For the purpose of properly retaining. the container in its particular compartment the rear part of the compartment is provided with the spring clip 18, which spring clip is for'the purpose of holding the COIltillIlG-I.

In the drawings, we have illustrated in *a conventional way means for locking the box, but'no claim is made for any particular Way, and hence no'description is necessary 38-117 is 0bv1ous that any ordlnary and well known lock and key may be used.

I [For the-purpose of allowing the front lid 6 to come snugly against the ends'of the side members 2 and the partition 7 the bent member in which the groove 10 is located should be cut away as illustrated at 19.

- The hinge covers 5 and 6 are connected i tio'n we-desiretobe not limited to the details offs'uch disclosure, for in the further practical application of our invention, many changes in formand construction may be made, as circumstances requ re or experienee suggests, without departing from the spirit of the invention, within the scope of the appended claims;

Having fully described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a device of the character described, the combination of a box made up of bottom, sides, fixed and hinged cover sections, a partition and a front cover, the ends and edges of the side members and partition provided with grooves, the hinged cover and front lid provided with ribs, said ribs adapted to fit in the grooves of the side members and partition, said box provided with relatively large and small compartments, a sliding rod located in the large compartment, means for guiding said rod and a series of index leaves hinged to said rod.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of a box formed of sheet metal, said box provided with relatively large and small compartments, the larger compartment provided with a sliding rod, means for guiding said sliding rod, and a series of index leaves hinged to said rod, said series of index leaves formed of refractory material.

3. In a safety deposit box for the purpose described, the combination of a box provided with an index leaf compartment and an envelop compartment, means for holding the index leaves and allowing backward and forward movement thereof and means for limiting the forward movement of said leaves.

In testimony that we claim the above, we have hereunto subscribed our names.

FRED E. SEBRING. HARRY E. MURPHY.

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